How to Use lady in a Sentence

lady

noun
  • He helped a little old lady cross the street.
  • He bumped into some lady walking to the bus stop.
  • Her mother was always telling her to act like a lady.
  • Add the tomatoes and their juice, the lady peas and the bay leaves.
    — Southern Kitchen, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
  • Watch the ladies discuss the missing submersible in the video above.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 June 2023
  • In tonight’s episode, the ladies host their first Crappie Hour.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 23 July 2023
  • But these ladies killed that cougar with their bare hands ...
    — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
  • And Kristen, and all of the ladies, are masters at that.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The chili crunchy stuff with the stern lady on the bottle was the clear winner.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    — Jaz Garner, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    — Chloe Melas, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022
  • For the lady who came to share that love, there are no words.
    — Alex Portée, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Ahead, look at all the ladies Powell has romanced over the years.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Watch the ladies of The View stick up for Taylor Swift below.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
  • And that doesn't go for just the lady islanders but for the boys as well.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022
  • Nicole would be wise to focus on the game — not the ladies — this season.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The guy that lives down the road owns the grocery store and the lady that runs the barber shop lives down the street.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 July 2022
  • The ladies stopped for cute poses in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is one busy lady.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Rogers hugged the ladies, then went in for a handshake with Girard's dad, Sam.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Soon lady-hunter tomes were trending, like Call of the Mild and Girl Hunter.
    — Rachel Levin, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The men went on 8 speed dates before choosing 5 ladies to bring back to their farm.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
  • At first, Perez thought maybe his dad had met up with a lady friend.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • Rhea was the lady of Runestone, seat of House Royce, and heir to that castle.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 18 Sep. 2022
  • To get into the spirit of the week, the social media team got a few of the ladies to pick a winner.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • No, the nice lady at the bar does not want to be lectured on the virtues of the credit-invoice mechanism.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

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